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| Glitter and glue: a memoir by Kelly CorriganWhen author Kelly Corrigan was a child, her mother would explain that while Kelly's father provided "glitter" with his ebullient personality, her mother was the "glue" that held the family together. As a young woman seeking interesting experiences, Kelly came to appreciate her mother's saying when she became a nanny to the children of a widowed Australian man. Glitter and Glue relates her experiences as a stand-in mother, during which she drew on her own mother's pragmatic wisdom despite having resented it when she was younger. This conversational, humorous memoir offers insight and inspiration into growing up and serves as a prequel to Corrigan's earlier memoir, The Middle Place. |
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The receptionist: an education at The New Yorker
by Janet Groth
Describes the author's career as a receptionist at the prestigious New Yorker magazine, recounting her relationships with famous poets, essayists, and playwrights, and chronicling the behind-the-scenes affairs of the magazine and its staff
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| Mermaid: a memoir of resilience by Mary Eileen CroninBorn with legs that ended at her knees, author Eileen Cronin was one of 11 children in a boisterous family without quite enough parental attention to go around. Though her family didn't make her feel different, once she got to school she had to learn to stand up to bullies and deal with social alienation. Eventually, the stresses of being "disabled" made her turn to alcohol, and she spent years battling to recover from addiction. |
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Alfred: Queen Victoria's second son
by John Van Der Kiste
Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Admiral of the Fleet, was the second son of Queen Victoria. At 18 he was elected King of Greece, but not allowed to accept the crown. While touring Australia in 1868 he narrowly escaped assassination. His last years were clouded by alcoholism, ill-health, and the suicide of his only son and heir.
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Mandela: in celebration of a great life
by Charlene Smith
Presents a pictorial biography of the noted South African leader, tracing his life, his role in the resistance to apartheid, his long imprisonment, his presidency, and his death.
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David Beckham
by David Beckham
In his own words and images, this is David Beckham's stunningly-designed and beautifully-illustrated celebration of his 20-year football career.
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Empress Dowager Cixi: the concubine who launched modern China
by Jung Chang
Presents an epic portrait of the 19th-century empress that provides coverage of the coup that rendered her regent after her husband's death, her defiance of centuries of traditions and formalities and her role in introducing Western political ideas and technologies.
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Faster than lightning: my autobiography
by Usain Bolt
The autobiography of the fastest man of all time and a superstar whose talent and charisma have made him one of the most famous people on the planet.
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Fosse
by Sam Wasson
The pop culture historian and best-selling author of Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M. presents a revealing portrait of the renowned dancer, choreographer, screenwriter and director that traces his numerous reinventions and prodigious professional achievements as well as his romantic relationships and excessive appetites.
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Mozart
by Paul Johnson
A concise portrait of the genius 18th-century composer focuses on his significant output of music and how it reflected his uncanny ability to master virtually all of the musical instruments of his period, in an analysis that also challenges popular myths about his health, finances, religion and relationships.
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Mum's the word
by Eve Branson
Eve Branson's life reads like a fast-paced adventure novel. A classically trained ballet dancer, she appeared in racy West End productions, disguised herself as a boy to take glider lessons, enlisted in the Women's Royal Navy Service, and then embarked on a series of harrowing adventures as a "Star Girl" air hostess on the ill-fated British South American Airways. Though marrying the dashing ex-Calvary officer, Edward "Ted" Branson, brought her down to earth to raise three children, Eve's quest for adventure never faltered. After running several businesses, travelling the world, and doing global charity work, Eve is preparing to launch the first commercial space travellers to the edge of space in a Virgin Galactic mother ship that bears her name. In this lively, absorbing memoir part diary, part adventure story, part family history Eve Branson's formidable energy propels the reader through an extraordinary life. Along the way, she divulges some of the unorthodox but effective trade secrets behind raising one of the world's most colourful entrepreneurs.
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Under a mackerel sky: a memoir
by Stein, Rick
The author's childhood in 1950s rural Oxfordshire and North Cornwall was idyllic. His parents were charming and gregarious, their five children much-loved and given freedom typical of the time. As he grew older, the holidays were filled with loud and lively parties in his parents' Cornish barn. The title of this book is an apt one considering Rick Stein's passion for fish. He's a charismatic character, a born raconteur and entertainer. In a world of ranting, ego driven celebrity chefs, Rick Stein and his little dog, Chalky, have become iconic.
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Gurrumul
by Robert Hillman
On a November afternoon in 2010, Gurrumul sat in a studio in Sydney to be photographed for the cover of Rolling Stone. The studio was 3000 kilometres from where he was born on Echo Island off the coast of East Arnhem Land. A bare three years had passed since the release of Gurrumul, his critically acclaimed debut solo album. Those years of critical acclaim, all the years before them, and the illness that threatened to end it all, combine in one of the most inspiring music stories of our generation. From concert halls to recording studios and into the Yolngu heartland, this is the story of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu. It's the story of an astonishing musical gift that has left audiences all over the world spellbound. Part road trip, part biography, Robert Hillman's illustrated account of Gurrumul's life and artistry takes you behind the scenes and offers rare insights into the sources of his inspiration.
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Phil Cross: Gypsy joker to a Hell's Angel
by Phil Cross
Phil Cross: Gypsy Joker to a Hell's Angel is a rough-and-tumble autobiography of one bad dude and his journey through moto-culture's most notorious motorcycle club
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Ugly: a memoir
by Robert Hoge
Home for the Hoges was a bayside suburb of Brisbane. Robert's parents, Mary and Vince, knew that his life would be difficult, but they were determined to give him a typical Australian childhood. So along with the regular, gruelling and often dangerous operations that made medical history and gradually improved Robert's life, there were bad haircuts, visits to the local pool, school camps and dreams of summer sports. Ugly is Robert's account of his life, from the time of his birth to the arrival of his own daughter. It is a story of how the love and support of his family helped him to overcome incredible hardships. It is also the story of an extraordinary person living an ordinary life, which is perhaps his greatest achievement of all.
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War and peace: my story
by Ricky Hatton
This hard-hitting, brutally honest and yet exhilarating story of the rise and fall and rise of a much-loved boxing legend is a must read for all boxing fans, revealing the man behind the gloves and the gum shield, the fighter who went to hell and back and survived a lifetime of wars both in and out of the ring
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An Italian down under
by Cloris De Matteis
Follows the struggles of an Italian migrant woman starting a new life with her young family in her adopted country, Australia, as she battles through love, prejudices and cultural differences.
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